Smite on Soraka? that's what Starcall is for...

@Dudewhereismycat
I suppose you could get Mejai's instead of Abyssal, but you'll have to get 6-7 assists before you even match abyssal's AP and then you don't even have the MR reduction on enemies. Also if you play with a team who doesn't see Soraka as OMGWTFBBQHAXSHE'SOP(As I've had several people tell me, LOL @ OP Soraka) they will do what any ****py MMO player knows by heart: KILL THE HEALER FIRST NOT THE TANK DIPWAD! :P In such a case it will be difficult to KEEP your stacks after you get them.

@NeonGrayKnight
Yea, exactly my thoughts. Before the nerf it could have been really nice.

@Dudewhereismycat
Snowball items are for ***s :P
There's just too much luck involved to get them with champs without good escape abilities.
Nice name btw ^^

I wonder why you would not suggest Mejai's Soulstealer for an AP build since Soraka gets a LOT of assists (I average 25 a game usually becuase I end them early) and she stays back so you wont lose the stacks often.

Well I made this build before the nerfs to Soraka and Rally. While yes it only gives 70 AP at lvl 18, Astral Blessing used to(I believe) have a slightly higher AP ratio than 1.0 making the actual healing boost around 80+. BUT it also boosted Wish's healing by 200 FOR EACH CHAMP in addition to giving your allies extra damage, making it extremely useful for team fights. However with the nerfs to Soraka's AP ratios and the removal of Rally's passive HP regen I really can't justify taking it anymore.

I doubt that rally is as useful as other options.. It does NOT give you 80+in heal.. It gives 20-70 depending on lvl. But to get it you have to spend lots of mastery points that could have been spent on better things.

Why is there a point in Insight when you don't use clarity in your build? besides that i rly injoy this build

I played with Soraka for the firts time today, went, 1/2/21. I bought her the moment the game ended. I love her. I almost always go with Clarity and Ghost as my spells. I will experiment with rally, sounds like it would pwn with soraka, and I think I will grab a meiji's since I would have had 15ish stacks at least. Ill try your build out soon.

Man, so I just used Soraka for the first time (with this build), and it was wonderful.

The pub game I was in started horribly. I was 0-3-0, and my team was 1-9. I had to make a few changes to the build to make it work for the game though. Both the enemy team and my team were mostly physical damage, so instead of Abyssal Scepter I went with Rylai's. Also, I had to pump Astral Essence earlier than this build because my team was getting rocked. About midgame, we started to actually move in groups and did quite well.

It eventually got to the point where we lost all of our inhibitors, but made one final 4 man push (with 1 base defender) to steal the win. I ended up 4/5/21 She's so beastly in group fights. I bought her after this tryout game.

Very nice guide btw.

i just got soraka and tried this build i went 1/0/18 i shulda got meja's thats the only tweak i suggest if your laning with jax he is just immortal he ported out once to spend to 5k he had anyways good job on the build only issue is guardian angel i don't think you should ge that cause you die so rarely with her if your playing her right that it's passive isnt useful and u dont need armor cause you wot be fighting in battles almost ever if i'm wrong about what i said plz just tell me in a comment and Soraka make other people PWN!!!

My item sequence looks like this:
Mana Manipulator -> Mejai's Soulstealer -> Boots of Mobility -> Abyssal Scepter, Innervating Locket etc.

If you want to buy Mejai's - buy it at the beginning. I always have 15-20 stacks at her, and never bought item after Innervating Locket - game ended, opponents surrendered because of our immortality - Soraka PWNS!

I've ran a similar build with Mejai's a few times. Play smart and it's easy to get 20 stacks from assist alone, and even 1v1 some greedy people at low level for the double.